Beechwood receivers confident of sale
The receiver appointed to manage the Beechwood collapse says prospects for selling the home building company look reasonably promising.
Beechwood Homes went into voluntary administration earlier...
ABC Business News -
Friday May 16, 2008, 8:35 am
SALES AT KOREAN DEPARTMENT STORES, DISCOUNT OUTLETS UP IN APRIL
SEOUL, May 15 Asia Pulse - Sales at South Korea's leading
department stores and discount outlets moved up in April,
buoyed by consumer demand for luxury goods and groceries, a
government report...
Asia Pulse News -
Thursday May 15, 2008, 9:42 am
PAKISTAN BOOKS 26.5% TEXTILES EXPORT GROWTH DESPITE CHALLENGES
KARACHI, May 14 Asia Pulse - Responding to accusations of
misuse of R&D funds, Iqbal Ebrahim, Chairman of All Pakistan
Textile Mills Association (APTMA), said the sector booked a
26.5 per cent...
Asia Pulse News -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 7:23 pm
22 TAIWANESE INVESTORS EYE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA
JAKARTA, May 14 Asia Pulse - General Chairman of the
Indonesian Footwar Producers Association (APRISINDO) Eddy
Widjanarko said that there are now 22 Taiwanese companies
seeking to invest in the...
Asia Pulse News -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 10:32 am
Gumboot-led expansions at Blundstone
Blundstone Footwear has revealed plans to more than double the production of gumboots at its Hobart factory where about 250 jobs have been axed in the past year.
Some of the bootmaker's...
ABC Business News -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 9:13 am
HVN Sales Growth Slows Sharply
The slowdown engineered by the Reserve Bank is having an impact on retailers, large and small. Department store group, David Jones reported last week its sales growth had slower noticeably in the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 8:34 am
VIETNAM TEXTILE INDUSTRY HOPES TO LURE MORE TAIWAN INVESTORS
HANOI, May 13 Asia Pulse - Though Taiwan is already the
largest foreign direct investment contributor to Vietnamese
textiles, Vietnam s textile industry is attempting to lure
still more investors....
Asia Pulse News -
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 1:16 pm
Jobs Strong Here, Weak IN NZ
It won't cause the Reserve Bank to change its mind, but it is another statistic that will not lessen its heightened fears over inflation and possible wages breakouts. The jobs market is strong,...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday May 9, 2008, 8:22 am
VIETNAM GARMENT GROUP WELCOMES U.S. RESULTS
HANOI, May 8 Asia Pulse - The Vietnam Textile and Apparel
Association (Vitas) has welcomed the results of the US
Department of Commerce's (DOC) second review of garment and
apparel imports from...
Asia Pulse News -
Thursday May 8, 2008, 2:48 pm
NO PROOF OF DUMPING IN VIETNAM'S APPAREL EXPORTS: U.S.
HANOI, May 8 Asia Pulse - The US Department of Commerce
(DOC) announced on May 6 that after a six-month data
examination they have not found enough evidence of apparel
import dumping from Vietnam....
Asia Pulse News -
Thursday May 8, 2008, 1:18 pm
Australia's Boral cuts f'cast on US housing downturn
(Adds analyst comment, updates shares)
MELBOURNE, May 8 (Reuters) - Australian building materials
maker Boral Ltd (ASX: BLD.ax) cut its full-year profit forecast on
Thursday due to the...
Reuters Finance News, Australia -
Thursday May 8, 2008, 11:40 am
Boral cuts year profit forecast on US downturn
(Adds detail, changes dateline from SYDNEY)
MELBOURNE, May 8 (Reuters) - Australian building materials
firm Boral Ltd (ASX: BLD.ax) cut its full-year profit forecast on
Thursday, flagging a fall...
Reuters Finance News, Australia -
Thursday May 8, 2008, 9:16 am
China's SVA Group to withdraw from joint venture with Nippon Life: report
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese consumer electronics maker SVA Group plans to withdraw from a struggling life insurance joint venture with Japan's Nippon Life Insurance, state media said Wednesday.A major...
AFP Finance News -
Wednesday May 7, 2008, 2:23 pm
Market's 9 Week Peak? Oil Tops $US120 A Barrel
A nine week high for the Australian stockmarket yesterday as higher resources and energy shares boosted confidence and takeover activity encouraged buyers. At the close, the ASX200 index was 29.9...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday May 6, 2008, 8:41 am
AMERICAN GLOBAL HOME TEXTILES SHOW DEBUTS PAKISTANI PAVILION
KARACHI, May 2 Asia Pulse - Pakistan's home textiles trade
delegation will be a featured exhibitor at upcoming Global Home
Textiles show, May 6-8 at Sands Expo in Las Vegas, NV. It is made up of 30...
Asia Pulse News -
Friday May 2, 2008, 12:37 pm
